Birdsnest vs Surface Water experiment

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by jorjef

Atta boy, that's some gud thin'in. *keep eyes open, don't want to miss this*

I'm having troubles with the dremel
Water is flying everywhere, and plastic is floating around the tank

Can you come by tomorrow and give me a hand ?

[kien]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

You better watch the butter
You're going to lose your girlish figure

I always go butterless :-)

[jorjef]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I'm having troubles with the dremel
Water is flying everywhere, and plastic is floating around the tank

Can you come by tomorrow and give me a hand ?

My car is out of gas. I would suggest ripping out the overflow box, cut and reinstall. That way the splashing is kept to a minimum, at least your shirt won't get wet. Maybe wear rubber boots thou.

[jorjef]

Originally Posted by kien

I always go butterless :-)

That's just crazy talk.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by jorjef

My car is out of gas. I would suggest ripping out the overflow box, cut and reinstall. That way the splashing is kept to a minimum, at least your shirt won't get wet. Maybe wear rubber boots thou.

Hmm, maybe I don't even need the overflow box ...

I could drill the back and run a coast to coast
I've always liked the idea of running a bean system
I'm sure by the time I'm finished installing it the coral will be ready for another pic, and you'll have some build pics to look at to boot

Or it'll spawn another crashed tank thread - whatever

Good thing the OP isn't here to complain about hijacking

[jorjef]

You're right, back to the experiment....and dry eyes.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by jorjef

You're right, back to the experiment....and dry eyes.

You might as well go do your laundry as this may take awhile
And you can blink now 'cause it will be a few hours before I update the pics

[Spyd]

I had this happen to an A. Convexa in my old tank. The tips just grew flatter and flatter. It would definitely be interesting to see it happen to such a large multi branched Birdsnest though.

[gregzz4]

Time for an update
First some growth shots

Sept 19/13 just actinics


Oct 18/13 actinics and coral next gens
2 tips are touching the surface


Dec 21/13 all 8 bulbs
I can't get it all in the frame to match the previous shots. It's now 9" x 9" x 6" tall
Numerous tips are now touching the surface


The surface tips are flattening out and starting to grow sideways, but haven't become thicker
And the whole coral is coloring up more now that's it's reached the top

It's never out of the water like in the pic

[michika]

Very cool!

As it is growing are you finding you need to provide additional flow or pruning to keep the centermost portions, those most shielded from flow and or light, alive? Your colony looks very healthy in the center. Does this colony have any commensal crabs, fish, etc.?